In our upcoming POCC, we'll cover key fundamentals of financials for startup founders, CxO's and equity compensation. Please RSVP to confirm your attendance. SCHEDULE4pm "Startup Financial Function Basics", Nibhrant Shah (45mins). - Common errors made by start-up entrepreneurs. - The importance of accounting.- The difference between P&L and cashflow.- How to grow your business through strong accounting practices.- Various statutory laws.- Why a strong financial function attracts funding.QnA.5pm "Equity and Employees", Jayesh Baheti (45mins). 1. When equity is attractive for employees? 2. Conditions for equity based plans to succeed.QnA.6pm "Financial Statements: a Business Owner's Perspective", Amod Bapat (45mins). - Reading and Analyzing Financial Statements - A Business Owners Perspective. - Key points in a Profit & Loss Account and Balance Sheet.- Ratio Analysis.- Other Analysis and Co relations.- Importance of MIS.QnA.7pm: Networking. SPEAKERSNibhrant Shah (@NibhrantShah) is the CEO and founder of Themis. Themis acts as a one stop shop for all start-ups and SME’s in handling their key back end functions. They currently partner with over 70 clients and work with portfolio companies of Norwest Venture Partners, Mumbai Angels, Blume Ventures, Warburg. Pincus etc.A serial entrepreneur, Nibhrant sold his first business at the age of 23, while working as an Investment Banker in New York and London. He has also spent 2 years running karROX technologies one of India’s largest IT training company’s before starting Themis in November 2011. Nibhrant has received a B.A. in Economics from Northwestern University (Kellogg School of Business). Jayesh Baheti is a first generation entrepreneur who has founded Baheti & Somani, Chartered Accountants. His firm advises clients on legal and financial aspects. He works with various start-ups and Greenfield projects and specializes in business modeling.He is a fellow chartered accountant and is a certified JCI-Trainer of Junior Chamber International. He does business mentoring and conducts training programs for businessmen, corporate and professional bodies. Jayesh is an active supporter of the Pune Open Coffee Club. Amod Bapat is a Chartered Accountant from India and also a CPA (Certified Public Accountant) from U.S.A. He has worked in the Audit and Consulting Divisions of reputed Audit firms like Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen in their offices at Kuwait, Mumbai and Pune. He then joined his Family Firm Bapat and Company, Chartered Accountants.He focuses in the areas of Business Planning and Analysis, Management Consulting, Statutory Audit, Internal Audit and Income Tax.He is actively involved in helping and mentoring various Startup Companies and SME Companies both in the IT and non IT segment and is an active supporter of the Pune Open Coffee Club for startups. Apart from his professional activities, Amod is interested in Travelling, Trekking and Music both Indian and Western.See More

Our focus this time is on building businesses and products for the Web. Jai and Samir are Co-founders of ShopSocially, a web startup that creates meaningful experiences for eCommerce websites to engage and convert shoppers with a combination of social, word-of-mouth, incentives and product discovery methods. ShopSocially is growing rapidly and works out of the Pune and Bay Area. On 3rd March, the Pune Open Coffee Club gets a unique opportunity to meet with the founders and get their perspective on a range of topics relevant to Web Startups.Speakers:* Jai Rawat - Serial Entrepreneur, CEO at ShopSocially, Conference Chair for TiECon at TiE Bay Area. http://www.linkedin.com/in/jairawat.* Samir Palnitkar - Serial Entrepreneur, President at ShopSocially, past GM at AirTight Networks. http://in.linkedin.com/in/samirpalnitkar.Venue: SICSR, Room #707.See More

'Networking as a tool for business’An interactive discussion From 8.30 AM to 10.30 AM and @ Grubshup on Law College Road.... One of the best strategies for new business development and organic business growth is Business networking; yet few professionals are able or willing to do it consistently well. Today, when everyone is seeking ways to grow their business without having to invest much into advertising, direct marketing, telesales lead generation or large sales teams; Business Networking is a very credible and cost effective way to gain new business. The value of networking cannot be overstated when you're starting a business or are looking at growing your business. It means building up a network of people. ‘Your Network is your Net Worth’.The interactive discussion will feature tips & best practices, interesting success stories and traits that experts have at networking and will be lead by Mr Nitin Sapre, an experienced professional and an entrepreneur.Profile of Nitin SapreNitin Sapre has an MBA from SIBM Pune, India and has completed an Executive Management program from Michigan University and a Six Sigma Green Belt program from Motorola University. He has over 19 years accomplished career track record in the automotive rental and leasing industry in the Middle East including over 15 years with Hertz, a $ 5.5 billion global leader in Car Rental & Leasing.Nitin joined Hertz as a member of the start-up team with a fleet of 16 cars and 5 employees and has led several teams serving in a variety of senior management roles. At the time Nitin left Hertz UAE, it had grown very rapidly to over 9500 vehicles, USD 100 million in sales and won several awards including an award from Hertz Europe for the fastest growing franchise in the Europe, Middle East & Africa.Nitin has been a member of several Offline networking groups in Dubai. He has always harnessed the power of networking, word-of-mouth marketing and credibility of friends and references for building business. All this based on a simple and most effective foundation of “word-of-mouth” marketing!'BIZREFERRAL' the Business Referral Club for decision makers was conceived by Nitin Sapre with the hope that it can help companies easily find new customers.Limited Registrations :Please note that in the interest of interactivity, there will be limited registrations on first come first seve basis.Fees and RegistrationTiE Pune Members : Rs. 125/-Non Members : Rs. 250/-Please use the link below to registerhttp://www.eventnu.com/events/detail/12072#tabs_ticketsSee MoreSee More

Speaker 1: Gunjan Sharma: Topic:OAuth2.0 - the latest and most talked about way of authorization. With every other Google API moving to support OAuth2.0 it has become a must known area for all Google Developers. Bio: Gunjan is a Developer Programs Engineer working on Google Apps APIs. Before joining Google, he completed his degree in Computer Science & Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. Speaker 2: Shraddha Gupta Topic: Google Apps Script which is a Server side scripting language, based on JavaScript. It runs directly on Google servers to provide direct access to their many products such as gmail, calendar.If you want to to send 100s of mails for an event addressing the recipient, just write a script less than 10 lines of code and you are done. You require only a Google account to use Apps Script.Bio: Shraddha is a Developer Programs Engineer for Google Apps, working in Hyderabad. She has her MTech in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Delhi, India. See More